Yves Behar, Designer and founder, Fuseproject San Francisco-based Yves Behar is one of the most important industrial designers of his generation. In 1999 he founded the award winning studio Fuseproject, famed for blending innovative sustainability with high-tech design. A creative stalwart, Behar has received a number of awards, including the INDEX: Design to Improve Life, Community award, for his role in creating XO laptop, the worlds first $100 laptop.